January 31, 2006

My Goals

  1. Eat 6 small healthy meals every day.
  2. Exercise every day except Sunday.

  3. aerobics - 6 times a week
    gym - 3 to 4 times a week
    swimming - 3 to 4 times a week

  4. Lose 7 to 10 lbs for February.
  5. Eat less.
  6. Drink a gallon of water every day.
  7. Have a "can do" attitude.
  8. DO NOT let others get in my way or sway me from my goals.
  9. Be patient with myself.
  10. Take control of MY life.
  11. Read something about fitness every day.


Quote:

Eat less, exercise more.

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January 29, 2006

Valentine's Day Is Coming

I just realize…
Valentines day is coming soon.
Sigh, I so hate it!

Stupid lover’s day!
Ugh, I just hope I’ll receive
present to my one and only love.

Hmmm, I wonder if I should give him a present.
Hahaha, funny thought!

Happy Valentines Day a little early.
I hope everyone recieves diamonds,
chocolate or whatever it is that you
desire this Valentine Day but mostly lots of LOVE

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January 28, 2006

Maria's Latest Pictures

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January 27, 2006

I Feel Good

It's amazing how things work. I feel great!!! I mean it feels like such an achievement!

I was at the gym today and someone noticed that I lost weight. Yup, I did, I lost 10 pounds for four (4) weeks. My aerobics have been great but my swimming, not much. My goal for the month of February at least I will lose 7 to 10 pounds.

Being healthy and feeling good about you is very important. The confidence allows you to be that person because of your confidence and self esteem….. Take today and put your life into perspective, what is the most important thing to you.

I'd like to thank everyone who supported me, my husband Toney, and my sister Kathy who challenged me in the fight against fat!

Thank you all......(huge roaring applause)

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January 25, 2006

Quote of the Week

I just want to share my favorite quote.

Failure will never overtake you if your determination to succeed is strong enough.

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January 22, 2006

What I Miss Most

  • Family in the Philippines (Papa, Achie, Dichie & Carl)
  • Our House
  • Work
  • My Room
  • Emperador Brandy
  • My drinking buddies (co-workers)
  • Road Runners Club
  • Friday & Saturday Night at DV-Soria, CDO
  • Internet Cafe
  • Jollibee

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January 21, 2006

Dying Young

After discovering that her boyfriend is cheating on her, Hilary (Julia Roberts) goes in search of something new to do. Hilary takes up the job as a private nurse for Victor (Campbell Scott) who is suffering from cancer. Victor and Hilary slowly fall in love and discover that their friendship has now turned into a romance. In the end their love will ultimately be tested.

If you like the soundtrack of this movie, you can download the following:

Or you may paly this entire playlist.

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January 18, 2006

Summer Bright

Yes, new template yet again. Come to think of it I think I've been rotating skins ever so often instead of updating.

A huge thank to Point of Focus this wonderfully new and fresh look to my blog!!! And adding my own artwork to this template was my simply idea. This is the original template but I changed/improved some of the html coding and the graphics.



So, how do you like it? Tell me, tell me!!

Again, thank you point of focus, you did an amazing design.

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January 16, 2006

Frustrated

I am a bit frustrated with two things. One being I’m not burning enough fat, which leads me. Two, not getting my carbs under control. After reading all about fitness, I am noticing I am taking in too many carbs. I am keeping a close eye on this from now on.

I need to make my workouts more intense too. I don't want to post updated pics until I have improvement and my goal is the 4th week. I cannot wait until the end of this four week challenge to see how things have improved.

I am not doing this just to have a sexy body but I am working on my body for life. And I am taking my life back and becoming me.

PS: I just weighed myself and I in the last 2 weeks have lost 8 pounds!!!!! I feel great. It didn't show through my measurements as much but my weight and body fat are down.

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January 15, 2006

Do you read your horoscope?

Do you read your horoscope? Do you believe in those kinds of things?

I don't read mine, and I really don't believe in daily horoscopes, but I do think there is something to be said for zodiac signs and personalities. I'm a gemini, and I can see a lot of the gemini traits in my personality.

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January 13, 2006

Buhay Pinoy

"Kay sarap mabuhay sa sariling bayan". Are these words true nowadays???

When I was a in high school, I was very patriotic and nationalistic, I REALLY love the PHILIPPINES, for me nothing beats living (and growing old) in my own country but as years were slowly added to my age, little by little was I exposed to the harsh reality of life in the Philippines.

Our country being ranked among the most corrupt government in the world really broke the bond I used to have with the Philippines, sad to say but I think we are in a hopeless scenario. Graft and corruption in our government is like a MALIGNANCY slowly eating and killing us all. No treatment as of this date, only remedies to ease the sufferings.

Too much of everything is bad, I think our country had too much of democracy. We can always resort to "people power" revolution every time we feel we don't like the leadership.

Our church almost always meddle with politics, where is the so called "separation of church and state?" up to this time I couldn't reconcile what I learned in my school days that the church should be separated from politics.

Bottom line is, we the filipino people lack one very important trait in ourselves.... DISCIPLINE!

If only each and one of us will have discipline in ourselves, our country can move forward, towards a brighter future, if not during our lifetime maybe in generations to come, I HOPE!

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January 07, 2006

Favorite Movies

Nothing particular to write for right now, I just want to share some of my favorite movies that I had watched. I am interested in suspense, mystery, action. I like chick flicks but only few of them.

Have you watched all of these too? Go, go, go, stick out your eyes and let us talk about it.


Alive ~ Ethan Hawke The Audrey Hepburn Story ~ Audrey Hepburn Breakfast at Tiffany’s ~ Audrey Hepburn Braveheart ~ Mel Gibson  Catch Me If You Can  ~ Leonardo DiCaprio The Count of Monte Cristo ~ James Caviezel
Airforce One ~ Harrison Ford Clear and Present Danger ~ Harrison Ford Cold Mountain ~ Ethan HawkeDouble Jeopardy ~ Tommy Lee Jones Downfall ~ Bruno Ganz Dragonfly ~ Kevin Costner
Dying Young ~ Julia Roberts Edge of the Lord ~ Haley Joel Osment Enemy at the Gates ~ Jude Law U.S. Marshals ~ Tommy Lee Jones Gangs of New York ~ Leonardo DiCaprio Gladiator ~ Russell Crowe
The Gospel of John ~ Christopher Plummer High Crime ~ Morgan Freeman I am David ~ Ben Tibber The Italian Job ~ Mark Wahlberg The Jackal ~ Ricahard Geere King Arthur ~ Clive Owen
Ladder 49 ~ Joaquin Phoenix The Last Mohicans ~ Daniel Day-Lewis Les Miserables ~ Liam Neeson Love Comes Softly ~Katherine Heigl Merlin ~ Sam Neill The Notebook ~ Gena Rowlands
Mrs. Doubtfire ~ Robin Williams A Murder of Crows ~ Cuba Gooding Jr. The Passion of the Christ ~ James Caviezel Paulie ~ Gena Rowlands Pearl Harbor ~ Ben AffleckA Perfect Murder ~ Michael Douglas
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl ~ Johnny Depp Danielle Steel-A Perfect Stranger ~ Robert Urich Primal Fear ~ Richard Geere Roman Holiday ~ Audrey Hepburn Rules of Engagement ~ Tommy Lee Jones Sabrina ~ Audrey Hepburn & Humphrey Bogart
Sabrina ~ Harrison Ford Secret Window ~ Johnny Depp Schindler’s List ~ Liam Neeson Six Days and Seven Nights ~ Harrison Ford Something’s Gotta Give ~ Jack Nicholson Somewhere in Time ~ Christopher Reeve
Spy Game ~ Robert Redford Sum of All Fears ~ Ben Affleck Taking Lives ~ Angelina Jolie Tears of the Sun ~ Bruce Willis The Terminal ~ Tom Hanks True Crime ~ Clint Eastwood
Troy ~ Julian Glover Tuesdays with Morrie ~ Jack Lemmon Twisted ~ Ashley Judd We were Soldiers ~ James Caviezel Dead Poets Society ~ Robin Williams Good Will Hunting ~ Robin Williams


And more...

Blown Away ~ Jeff Bridges The Bourne Indentiy ~ Matt Damon The Bourne Supremacy ~ Matt Damon Die Another Day ~ Pierce Brosnan Dante's Peak ~ Pierce BrosnanThe Edge ~ Anthony Hopkins
Face/Off ~ John Travolta First Knight ~ Sean Connery The Fisher King ~ Jeff Bridges & Robin Williams Forest Gump ~ Tom Hanks Forever Young ~ Mel Gibson The Ghost and the Darkness ~ Michael Douglas
The Green Mile ~ Tom Hanks Hollow Man ~ Elisabeth Shue & Kevin Bacon Hulk ~ Eric Bana The Hunted ~ Tommy Lee Jones I Am Sam ~ Sean Penn In the Line of Fire ~ Clint Eastwood
A Knight's Tale ~ Heath Ledger The Last Castle ~ Robert Redford Lethal Weapon 1 ~ Mel Gibson Lethal Weapon 2 ~ Mel Gibson Lethal Weapon 3 ~ Mel Gibson Lethal Weapon 4 ~ Mel Gibson
The Mask of Zorro ~ Antonio Banderas The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc ~ Milla Jovovich  Misery ~ Lauren Bacall & Kathy Bates The Mummy ~ Brendan Fraser The Mummy Returns ~ Brendan Fraser The Negotiator ~ Samuel L. Jackson
Out of Time ~ Denzel Washington Patriot Games ~ Harrison Ford Payback ~ Mel Gibson Paycheck ~ Ben Affleck Ransom ~ Mel Gibson Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves ~ Kevin Costner
Rush Hour 1 ~ Jacky Chan & Ken Leung  Rush Hour 2 ~ Jacky Chan & Ken Leung The Saint ~ Val Kilmer Saving Private Ryan ~ Tom Hanks The Score ~ Robert De Niro & Edward Norton The World Is Not Enough ~ Pierce Brosnan


There are so much to mention, but, I don't have enough room to put them all.

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January 04, 2006

Photo Gallery

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January 02, 2006

A New Beginning

I started this morning with 45 minutes of walking and running on my treadmil. I believe at the beginning of this challenge you have to take it one minute at a time, one workout at a time, and one meal at a time. Once you start seeing results then that is the fuel that motivates you to continue.

Lats week, I enrolled at YMCA. During my first day of swimming I lapped for only 12 for 45 minutes. I am doing pretty good because, yesterday I swim for 30 laps or 1,500 meters for only 50 minutes.

My workouts have been going really well. The diet on the other hand has casued me some issues. I am really focusing on it this week.

I love working out on the gym but I think I will enjoy more on aerobics, maybe, next week I will start with this new style of loosing wegiht.

Having a support is very important. My husband is my biggest support and taking photos every week is the biggest challenge.

I can't wait to see, if I see any changes next month when I check my weight and body fat. Watch for it for the before and after result.

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